Alan John (born 7 May 1958 in Sydney) is an Australian composer. He studied music at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1980. His compositions include original music for various plays, films (such as Holding the Man , [1] Three Dollars and The Bank ) and TV series (including Love My Way ), and the musicals Jonah Jones , Orlando Rourke and Snugglepot and Cuddlepie .
His opera The Eighth Wonder was premiered in 1995 by Opera Australia. It was revived in 2000, during the Sydney Olympics Arts Festival, and again in 2016. In May 2008, his chamber opera Through the Looking Glass , to a libretto by Andrew Upton, was premiered by the Victorian Opera at the Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, [2] conducted by Richard Gill. [3] [4] In May 2011, his opera How to Kill your Husband (and other handy household hints), to a libretto by Timothy Daly and based on Kathy Lette's 2007 book of the same name, premiered at the same venue under the same conductor. [5]
The annual Screen Music Awards are presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) for television and film scores and soundtracks. [6]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2004 | Shark Net – John | Best Music for a Television Series or Serial [7] | Won |
2005 | Three Dollars – John | Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie [8] | Nominated |
2007 | "Episode 7" – Dangerous – John, Steven Francis | Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie [9] | Nominated |
The Helpmann Awards are for live performance in Australia, including theatre, musicals, opera, dance and live music.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2007 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Best Original Score | Nominated |
2011 | Diary of a Madman | Best Original Score | Won |
2012 | The White Guard | Best Original Score | Nominated |
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The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2006 are a series of awards which include the APRA Music Awards, Classical Music Awards, and Screen Music Awards. The APRA Music Awards ceremony occurred on 5 June at the Sydney Four Seasons Hotel, they were presented by APRA and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). APRA introduced two new award categories, 'Most Performed Blues & Roots Work' and 'Most Performed Urban Work'. The Classical Music Awards were distributed in July in Sydney and are sponsored by APRA and the Australian Music Centre (AMC). The Screen Music Awards were issued in November by APRA and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC).
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